Look! A Record Number Of Americans Support Legalizing Marijuana

Over the past few years, the stigma surrounding marijuana has changed drastically. Today the word comes down that nearly two-thirds of Americans support legalizing marijuana. The record-high approval rate comes according to a Gallup poll that was released Monday. Sixty-six percent of survey respondents support legalizing weed, which is nearly double from 2000. The survey found that support for legalization among Americans 55 and older had also increased, up to 59 percent from 50 percent last year.

Gallup’s Justin McCarthy wrote, “Like support for gay marriage ― and in prior years, interracial marriage ― support for marijuana legalization has generally only expanded, even if slowly, over the course of multiple decades ― raising the question of where the ceiling in support might be.” Though the substance remains federally classified as a Schedule I drug, new research has helped to change the view on marijuana.

The Gallup poll was conducted from Oct. 1 to Oct. 10, just before Canada officially legalized weed. Past Gallup polling has shown support for legalizing marijuana across political demographics as well. Give us your thoughts in the comments below and stay tuned for much more on this coming very soon.